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Build new Access cloud web apps and migrate desktop databases to the cloud

This is your complete, practical guide to creating Microsoft Access web apps and migrating existing databases to the cloud. Access MVP Andrew Couch guides you through the entire web app life cycle, from design through deployment and upgrades. After introducing Microsoft Office 365 and the web app development environment, he reviews key issues associated with moving data into a web app or creating cloud apps with new data. Next, he drills down into app construction, from table design to integration. You’ll learn how to extend Access with Microsoft Azure SQL, PowerPivot, Visual Studio 2013, SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS), and Apps for Office, and master important new enhancements in Office 365 SP1.

Learn best practices and techniques to:

  • Capitalize on key Office 365 features in your Access web apps
  • Design and integrate all the features of Access web apps
  • Make your desktop databases compatible with web app table structures
  • Implement and test business rules by using the Macro Programming Tools
  • Understand how your app design translates to objects in the cloud-based Azure SQL Database
  • Use Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) to connect with and manage web apps
  • Improve reporting with PowerPivot, Visual Studio 2013, and SSRS
  • Extend Access web apps with Apps for Office features
  • Capitalize on Office 365 SP1 improvements in change deployment, intellectual property protection, and integration

Get all code samples, including complete apps, at: http://aka.ms/AccessApps/files

About This Book
  • For experienced Access developers who want a deep understanding of web app design and implementation
  • For new web app developers who want to develop Access web apps with Office 365


Table of Contents:
Introduction     i
Chapter 1    Finding your way around Office 365     1
Office 365 subscriptions     2
Office products in a browser     5
Getting started with Office 365     5
Team site, personal site, and public site     7
Installing Office Professional     10
OneDrive and OneDrive For Business 2013     13
Creating a web app using a template     19
Opening a web app with Access     23
Saving a web app as a package     24
Uploading a web app package     26
Editing a web app package     30
Displaying a web app in a browser     32
Sharing a web app with external users     32
Creating sites and subsites     36
Creating site collections (Enterprise subscription)     39
Applying a theme     45
Document storage and libraries     47
Microsoft Azure SQL Database, Office 365, and Access     51
App Catalog     53
Summary     55
Chapter 2    Finding your way around Access 2013     57
A new way of building applications     57
Create a custom web app     61
Importing data from Access     62
Using the navigation pane     64
Working with tables, lookups, and relationships     65
Displaying data in a browser     68
Working with different views     71
Controls available in a view     73
Autocomplete control     74
Related items control     75
Subview control     76
Action bar     77
List control     77
Hyperlink control     78
Multiline Text Box control     79
Web Browser control     79
Overview of macro programming and data macros     80
Upgrading and deploying a web app     82
Side-loading a web app     96
Designing and commissioning with existing data     96
Summary     98
Chapter 3    Converting a desktop database to a web app     99
Tables and primary key fields     99
Relationships and lookups     102
Table and field properties     108
Boolean data     112
Value-based lookups     112
Multi-value data     113
Importing different data types     113
Long Text (memo data)     115
Calculated fields     115
Image data type     115
Attachments and OLE objects     115
Reporting     116
References     119
Quick conversion to external writer     120
Attachment and OLE data     121
Uploading multiple files     122
Extracting attachment files     123
Uploading image files     125
Summary     132
Chapter 4    Creating a blank web app and using templates     133
Creating a blank web app     133
Adding template tables     134
Creating a new t

About the Author :
Andrew Couch has worked with Access since 1992 as a developer, trainer, and consultant. A founder of the UK Access User Group, he has been a Microsoft Access MVP for the past seven years. His Microsoft Press books include Microsoft Access 2013 Plain & Simple and Microsoft Access 2010 VBA Programming Inside Out. He also writes technical articles about Access at www.upsizing.co.uk/TechLibrary.aspx.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780133966237
  • Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
  • Publisher Imprint: Addison Wesley
  • Language: English
  • Weight: 1 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0133966232
  • Publisher Date: 22 Jan 2015
  • Binding: Digital download
  • No of Pages: 432

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